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wattOS R9 Released!

The wattOS team is pleased to announce the release of the newest version of wattOS – Release 9 – (also known as R9). We have made the switch back to Ubuntu as the upstream distro and built the latest version from 14.04 LTS for long term support and stability.

We have simplified things this time around with wattOS and are only releasing two types of desktops. Previously having the extra desktop versions created additional work. This time we are more focused and have released only two desktop versions.

R9 – LXDE – 32 and 64bit

R9 – Microwatt – 32 and 64bit

The LXDE version will look very familiar to most people who have used wattOS and LXDE, but the Microwatt version is much different in that it is based on i3 window manager. We have added some additional resources and information about this in the forum and the new wiki being built out. Additionally there is a 20 minute video we have put together outlining the basics of working with i3 and wattOS.

The result is a light, clean, fast desktop in both cases that can be used to bring old computers back to life or as a basis to start with a clean simple desktop for whatever use you decide to customize into.

Core apps and versions for LXDE

Core system - Linux Kernel 3.13.0.53

File manager - PCManFM 1.2.0

Graphics Editing - Shotwell 0.18.0

Web Browsing (including flash support) – Firefox 38.0

File transfer - Filezilla 3.7.3

BitTorrent client - Transmission 2.82

PDF viewing – Evince – 3.10.3

Music Player - Audacious 3.4.3

Video/multimedia player – gnome-mplayer – 1.0.8

Power management utilities like powertop to optimize settings, support for power

manangement features of laptops

Core apps and differences for Microwatt – R9

i3 Tiling Window Manager – 4.10.2

Subset of applications listed above with scripts included to install afterwards if wanted